USS Patapsco (AT-10)
USS Patapsco at Portsmouth Navy Yard, 25 July 1909. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States Navy | |
| Name | USS Patapsco (Fleet Tug No. 10) |
| Namesake | The Patapsco River in Maryland |
| Builder | Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine |
| Laid down | 15 April 1907 |
| Launched | 29 June 1908 |
| Commissioned | 27 July 1909 |
| Decommissioned | 16 January 1925 |
| Reclassified | Fleet tug, AT-10, 17 July 1920 |
| Fate | Sold to Boston Iron & Metal Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 18 June 1936 for scrapping. Scrapping completed by 1941. |
| General characteristics (as U.S. Navy vessel) | |
| Type | Tug |
| Tonnage | 521 GRT |
| Displacement | 755 tons |
| Length | 157 ft (48 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) |
| Propulsion | Two triple-expansion steam engines, 2 shafts. 1,160 HP |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement | 51 |
| Armament | two 3-pounder guns |
The fifth USS Patapsco (Fleet Tug No. 10, later AT-10) was a fleet tug in commission in the United States Navy from 1909 to 1925. She served the United States Atlantic Fleet and saw service in World War I.